v.tr.
1. send or drive out precipitately or by force, esp. from a building or other property; compel to leave.
2 a cause (the pilot etc.) to be propelled from an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency. b (absol.) (of the pilot etc.) be ejected in this way (they both ejected at 1,000 feet).
3 cause to be removed or drop out (e.g. a spent cartridge from a gun).
4 dispossess (a tenant etc.) by legal process.
5 dart forth; emit.
Derivatives:
ejective adj. ejectment n.
Etymology: L ejicere eject- (as E-, jacere throw)